Binder.



W. CHAPPEL.

BINDER.

APPUCATIQN FILED 00111, 19.15.

1,170,799. Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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To all whom it may concern: 7 7

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GHAPPEL, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Barrie, the township of Vespra, county of Simcoe, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders, of which the following is the specification,

This invention relates to improvements in binders.

In binding machines at present in use the grain when out falls angularly and not directly transversely across the platform conveyer;consequently the grain is carried to the elevator conveyer and delivered to the knotting mechanism head first,.resulting in quite an appreciable loss of grain owing to I the same not being fed uniformly against the knotting mechanism, and one of the objects of the present invention is to overcome this objection and provide that the grain shall in all cases be carried in such a manner that it will lie transversely across the platform conveyer and be so delivered to the elevator conveyer. 7

Further objects are to adjust the device to V suit grain of alllengths and generally to adapt the machine to better perform the functions required of it. a

"With the above and other objects in view the invention consists essentially of the improved construction particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same. V

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective of the platform conveyer of a binding machine embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the strap adapted to control the motion of the rod 20 adapted to pivotally support the boss s peci'fication of Letters Patent;

15 of the strap B. I This strap is designed to belocated intermediate of the breadth and lieslongitudinally along the conveyer 10 and is provided with an upturned offset end 16 remote from the boss 15, such end being.

eratively connected to the strap B by means of rivets or the like and is further provided on its upper face with a longitudinally extending groove 17 adapted to house the spring 18, the outer end of which engages with the upper face of the'frame 12 thereby limiting any upward motion of the strap.

It is essential that the strap B should be of a resilient and flexible material and not bear too heavily upon the conveyer 10.

This strap is designed to arrest the headsof the grain as they fall angularly across the conveyer 10 and to this end is provided intermediate of its ends with a plurality of upturned fingers 19 equidistantly spaced and adapted to 'frictionally engage and retardthe forward movement of the head of the grain. a

I To adjust the strap B it is only necessary to remove the rod 20 from engagement with theboss 15 which may then be located in an adjacent groove 14 when the rod is replaced. In the operation of the machine the strap B is first adjusted to suit the length of the straw whereupon when the grain is cut the conveyer 10 carries the same toward the elevator conveyers 11. During this motion it will be seen that the heads of the grain en- 'zgage' with the upturned fingers 19 and is prevented from being carried forward in advance of the straw so that the grain as delivered to the elevator conveyers extends transversely across the same and is carried to the knotting mechanism in the desired position transversely thereto. It will be readily seen that the fingers 19 also prevent any undue backward movement of the heads of the grain.

From this description it will be seen that I have invented a device such as can be employed in binders, resulting in the grain being delivered to the knotting mechanism in the desired position to effect an efficient.

binding of the same without undue loss and in which the said device can be adjusted to suit all kinds or'lengths of grain.

ratenteareaaiaie, Application filed October 7,1915} serial-Nantes. i T

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my 1I1VGII-V Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents upward motion of the strap comprising a grooved boss on one end thereof and an extending spring in said groove.

2. In a binder and in combination, a resilient strap extending longitudinally of the platform conveyer and intermediate of the breadth thereof and provided with an offset upturned end, a plurality of fingers formed integral with the strap, and a spring to limit the upward motion of the strap.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM CHAPPEL.

lVitnesses:

IV. A. Boys, C. GowAN.

Washington, D. C. 

